From the late 1790s until 1815, France, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, fought with England, Russia
and Austria. These series of conflicts are known as the Napoleonic Wars. To fund the expensive
Napoleonic Wars, both the English and the French began seizing American ships. Tensions
flared in 1807, when the captain of the USS Chesapeake refused to let the British aboard. The
British frigate HMS Leopard fired on the American ship. The British finally did board and hanged
four American sailors. Jefferson was outraged. He banned all British warships from American
waters. Congress quickly passed the Embargo Act of 1807. It ended all imports and exports
because it banned any ships from sailing from a US port to a foreign port. The act was designed
to hurt the British and French economies. But it mostly hurt the United States.
According to the passage, the Embargo Act of 1807
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was designed to raise funds for the Napoleonic Wars.
backfired because it mostly damaged the United States.
was vetoed by President Thomas Jefferson.
offered a peace treaty for the British and American governments.